noun, feminine/ˈfetwa/plural: fetuas
fatwa (legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti)
Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”) is the active participle of the same verb.